LEARN/CREATE (MT)

NOTE: When the Idaho Legislature is in session, programming on the Learn/Create and World channels may be pre-empted for live coverage from the House and Senate floors.

12:00 pm

China from the Inside"Freedom and Justice"
The conclusion explores the interlocking conflict between personal freedom and governance. Part 4 of 4G

1:00 pm

Artifacts & Fiction: Workshop In American Literature"Workshop 4. Oral Histories"
Oral histories can serve a dual role in the classroom: as a type of literature to be studied in itself and as artifacts that help explain other literary works. This session focuses on how folk songs, interviews, and other oral histories provide alternative views of a text. D

Gallery: The National Museum of the American Indian
The grand opening of the new Smithsonian museum coincides with the First American Festival and the Native Nations Festival. Opening day begins with a Native Nations Procession, the largest gathering of Native peoples in modern history.G

3:00 pm

Teaching Channel Presents"Inquiry-Based Teaching"
Inquiry-based Teaching: A look inside New York's Urban Academy Laboratory High School where two teachers lead student driven, student centered classes. Watch animated discussions unfold when students are challenged to analyze difficult texts and there are no right or wrong answers. D

4:00 pm

Growing Old in a New Age"How The Body Ages"
Experts describe the universal physical changes that accompany aging and explain how deterioration can be prevented. Researchers describe advances in cellular studies and the search for biomarkers of aging. D

5:00 pm

Art of the Western World"White Garment of Churches"
Part I: With the fall of the Roman empire, Christianity flourished with the Church as patron of monumental Romanesque architecture and sculpture. nPart II: The origin of Gothic architecture is found in the choir of the Abbey Church of St. Denis and the Chartres Cathedral serves as a model of High Gothic style. D

6:00 pm

Smart Travels - Europe with Rudy Maxa"Athens and Delphi"
Rudy climbs the Acropolis, prowls the Plaka and cheers Greece's best folk dancers. On the Peloponnesian Peninsula, he scopes out a charming port and visits epic ruins of King Agamemnon.G

Rick Steves' Europe"London: Mod and Trad"
Rick checks out the Millennium Bridge, banters with Beefeaters at the Tower of London and strolls trendy South Bank.G

8:00 pm

Smart Travels - Pacific Rim With Rudy Maxa"San Francisco"
Rudy finds the place locals call The City revels in art, diversity and food. He learns about the famed sourdough bread and tours Alcatraz Island. He finds Chinatown a feast for the senses, stops at Italian cafes in North Beach and strolls through the Haight neighborhood.G

8:30 pm

Smart Travels - Europe with Rudy Maxa"Barcelona and Costa Brava"
From tapas bars to surrealist art, Rudy finds that Barcelona simmers with beautiful beaches, medieval mazes and hypnotic architecture. Then he heads north to Costa Brava.G

Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence"Market to Table"
Joanne's day begins at the farmer's market and she shows us a fresh sugar snap pea soup. Then she works with her student Kyle to perfect his pasta techniques making a fresh fettuccine with asparagus, prosciutto, and lemon creme fraiche. Recipes: Sugar Snap Pea Soup with Mint and Meyer Lemon Oil and Fresh Fettuccine with Asparagus Ribbons and Lemon Creme Fraiche. D

11:30 pm

Rick Steves' Europe"Switzerland's Jungfrau Region: Best of the Alps"
Rick is in the sky-high corner of the Swiss Alps, with cows on breathtaking ridges. He settles into a traditional village where locals scythe hay by hand. He hikes, bikes and parasails, then blasts an alphorn.G